Men, I need you to understand something, and this is going to be difficult so I'm going to hold your hand while I say this.

If you:
- don't sexually assault women
- don't make jokes about sexually assaulting women
- don't support the sexual assault of women
- don't enjoy being in the company of men who do

That doesn't make you a "good man". Okay? You aren't a "good man" for not doing those things. That makes you a *normal man*. Those men, who get off on assaulting women? Those are predators. They aren't normal, and you don't get a trophy for not being a predator.

Okay?

Just tired of the bar being buried a dozen miles underground so how about we raise it up just a teensy bit.

@ the inevitable reply guys (because this is a reply to you, not @Lana@beige.party who I agree with)

All members of groups that are known for their oppression will remain guilty by association, except for those individuals who are seen to be actively shunning, scorning and spurning the rest of their group, including those who say and do nothing.

And even then, there will be those who only do all that as projection, whose victims, instead of being believed, end up having to fight those who consider themselves allies too, because the 'allies' are still so biased that they'll place more trust in the lies of abusers with whom they otherwise have much in common, than victims they don't.

You're never going to be an ally if you can't let go of your pride and accept that you will never be fully trusted, no matter what you do. Only those who feel so ashamed of what those like them have done, that they no longer trust their own kind, just like that group's victims no longer can, are ready to start earning that trust back.

If you were, genuinely an ally, shame would make that word turn to ash in your mouth.